Only real reason i like airbus is for the simple fact airbus aircraft cockpits are pretty much identicle through out from A318 to A380.
A330 can only really be compaired to the 767 which its rival, the 777 doesnt have an airbus competitor just yet but i do think the A350 will challenge that.
A pilot who flys the baby A320 can also fly the big A330 with little hand over training so these pilots can fly a wider range of planes when needed without months of transition training.
You can go from a boeing 737 and then jump in and fly a 777 you would need months of training first as its totaly diffrent cockpit layouts.
but the A330 offers more for its money, maybe if boeing had lobbied a 777 tanker it would have won instead they chose the 767 which is smaller.
A 777 as a tanker would be well a better idea for boeing rather than 767, it flys farther heavyier faster and is more modern and is larger than 767 and A330.
But in all my favorite plane is A330.
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